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    Once a Hollywood golden boy, Paul Haggis now faces another sexual assault allegation

    by Christie D’Zurilla, Los Angeles Times Jun 22, 2022 8 minutes
    Writer/director Paul Haggis walks backstage with his Oscar statuettes for best original screenplay and best picture for the film "Crash" during the 78th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on March 5, 2006, in Hollywood, California.

    LOS ANGELES — Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who directed “Crash,” has been living under a cloud since a woman sued him in civil court in 2017, alleging he raped her years ago after they met at an industry party in New York City.

    Then on Sunday, things got worse for the writer-director. He was arrested and detained in southern Italy pending a hearing after another woman accused him of sexually assaulting her over the course of two or three days in a bed and breakfast in the area. Through his attorney in Italy, Haggis has maintained his innocence.

    On Wednesday, an Italian court ordered him to remain under house arrest in that country while the case is investigated.

    The 69-year-old Canadian started his prolific career in Hollywood after moving to Los Angeles in the 1970s. For the first couple of years he came up with story lines on animated programs such as “Plastic Man” and “The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show.” He and his first wife also got involved with Scientology.

    He moved to writing for live-action TV on series including “Diff’rent Strokes,” “The Facts of Life,” “L.A. Law” and the original “Walker, Texas Ranger.” He won shared Primetime Emmy Awards in 1988 for writing in a drama series and drama series for “thirtysomething.”

    Then, in 2004, he

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